Detachable tape adjuster for pajamas



Oct. 13, 1931. A. P. LUBELL DETACHABLE TAPE ADJUSTER FOR PAJAMAS Filed July 15, 1930 INVENTOR Y Z w r R m A M Patentedm 13, 1931 UNITED- s ATes .PATENTF Q FICE new 1-. noe L. or n'nwronx, n. r. nn'rncmm rare Amusm roa mum Application "filed m 18, 1930. serial 110,488,032.

with the great st diiiiculty and annoyance.

A further ob ect of the invention is to provide an elastic tape device which will cause the pajamas to yieldably embrace the waist of the wearer in such way as to sustain them in place without the uncomfortable tight-1 ness involved in the tying'of the present pa-' jama cords.

A further object of the invention resides in providing an improved pajama fastening device in which the elastic element may be removed from the pajamas durin laundere in and isso constructed and re ated with re erence .to the pajama structure that the,

removal and replacement thereof may be accomplished with the greatest facility.

With the foregoing and other 0 jects inview, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

' In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a perspective view of animproved paja'maconstruction involving the improved elastic tape constructed in accord:

ance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary pers ective view, taken on an enlarged scale, an 'Sl1OW- ing the modified construction of the-pajamas and the improved elastic tape cooperatin 5 therewith.

Figure3 is a plan view of'the improved tape apart from the pajamas, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View of the pajamas waist band with part'sbroken away.

so Referring more particularly to the draw- .preferably 010 ings 5 designates generally the trousers of I a pair' of pajamas made of any suitable ma 1 1 terial and of any suitable color and having the divided front opening 6, openable i-n putting on and .removing the garment. 5

The waist band of the pajamas is 'constructed with a casing extending thereabout in which the double walls 7 and 8. are involved, the wall 7 being a' continuation of the material of the pajamas and the wall 8 being folded over upon the wall 7. The free lower edge of the wall 8 is folded within the casing as indicated at 9 and all three overlap ing walls are stitched together as indicated by the line of "stitching l0; thus forming an enclosed tubular space or' casing which constitutes the waist band. The outer wall 7 of thiscasing is'provided with a pair of slots 11 and 12 extending adjacent the opening 6 and a second pair of slots 13 and 14 remote from the opening 6 and spaced from-the slots I 11 and 12, all such slots being'elongated transversely to the ,waist band and entirel through vthe wall 7.

In t 's way there are also producedbutton holes 15 and-16 spaced from the respective slots 13 and 14 and the button holes are ated in the direction of the circumference o the waist band; or inother words are at substantially right angles to the 39 direction of len h of theslots.

The im rove tape, 1 7 issh'own more particularly in Figure 3, the same consisting of an appropriate length-of elastic strip having the buttons 18 and 19. sewedor otherwise secured thereto near the ends of the tape, but

preferably spaced a suitable degree inwardly of such ends.

In' the use ofthe" device, as shown more. particularly in 1 and 2, the taple 17 Q is threaded throng the slots and throng the hollow interior space of the-casing 1n the, mannerindicated, and the-buttons18 and19 are inserted'through the button holes-15 and ,16. These button holes 15 and. 16 are separated on the' circumference of the waist band, a eater distance than the distance between 51 s buttons 18 and 19 on the elastic tape 17 and conseq applied, as shown in Figures 1 and 2,

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arrangement being such that the elastic tape 17 will preferably be stretched or put under some tension when the garment is put on. This yieldable tension will act to hold the garment in place oragainst sagging down or falling. l

It will be noted thatthe end portions of the tape 17 lie within the casing and that the buttons 18 and-19am inserted through the button holes 15 and 16 from behind the same outwardly. The end portions of the tape 17 lying beyond the buttons 18 and 19 will form a backing for the open portions of the button holes 15 and 16 and also provide extensive surfaces for engaging the walls 7 and 8 of the casing to avoid the ready swinging of the buttons in such fashion'as to allow the same to escape from the button holes; This escape from the button holes is further avoided by the direction of elongation of the button holes 15 and 16. Byvirtue of the inherent elasticity in the tape 17, the buttons will be drawn to the near ends of the elongated slots 15 and 16 in the direction of length of said button holes, thus locking the buttons in the closedand narrow ends of the button holes.

If the button holes were turned at right angles, the pressure of the elastic tape would tend to bulge such button holes outwardly and induce the escape of the buttons. The tape 17 passes outwardly of the garment between the slots .11 and 13 and also between the slots 12 and 14, but inwardly of the casingbetween theslots 11 and 12. lhe slots and the walls 7 of the casing, thus provide guideways for permitting of the free sliding movement of. the elastic tape 17 during the expansion and contraction of the same, and

-'the arrangement is also such as to permit the casing to slide freely on the elastic, thus accommodating the folds 20 to the body ofthe wearer and avoiding annoyance to his person.

When the pajamas. are sent to the laundry, the tape 17 may be readily removed by detaching the buttons and unthreading such tape from the guide slots. When the pajamas arereceived back from the laundry, it becomes an easy matter to reinsert and apply the tape, and the tape may remain in'the engaged position until it becomes again necessary to send the pajamas to the laundry.

5 In getting into and out of the garment the waist band is grasped to opposite sides of the slit 6, the projecting buttons forming hand entendin my invention, 1 have si aeaaeea construction and designof the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing fromthe spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

at is claimed is 1. A device of the character described'com- 1 2. A. device of the character described comprising a garment having a waist band =de-' fined by an enclosed casing thereabout having an outer wall provided with guide slots spaced apart and button holes spaced at opposite sides of the guide slots, and anelastic tape having buttons extending from one side thereof inwardly of the ends thereof for engaging in said button holes with the tape alternately through the slots and on opposite sides of the casing slotted wall, a substantial portion of the tape being received in the casing, the button holes on the garment waist band being separated a greater distance than the buttons on the tape when the latter is in normal contracted condition.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a garment having a waist band consisting of an enclosed casing formed thereabout having an outer wall provided with pairs of transversely extending spaced slots and button holes extending as to length inthe direction of the circumference of the waist band,

and an elastic tape having buttons thereon insertable' through the button holes with the said garment, whereby the foldsthereof are accommodated to the body of the wearer;

intermediate portion of the tape threaded In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ed my name hereto. i P. LUBELL.

AER i 5* grasps for this purpose, the waist band being drawn out to greater circumference to permit of the waist band slipping over the hips, 

